Diet/Exercise/Health/Wellness Support Thread

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<p>Bromfield:</p>

<p>I see three pound swings on the scale just about every week and it has nothing, that I’v been able pinpoint, to do with what I’m eating or doing from an exercise standpoint. I eat the same stuff and pretty much exercise the same way, but the scale has it’s own rhythm like the tides, only not that predictable. And that’s for a guy. I think women, in general, see even bigger swings.</p>

<p>One thing I’ve long suspected is that a heavy day of strength training (or any exercise that results in muscle soreness) causes a temporary retention of fluid (in the muscles?) and a higher number on the scale the next day. Remember, if you are drinking the recommended 64 ounces of fluid a day, that’s four POUNDS of fluid. So any fluctuation in water retention can made a pretty big shift on the scale.</p>

<p>I still find “thermometer pants” to be a better, more consistent measuring stick.</p>

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<p>Deborah, if it is lovely AND makes you happy - keep it. :)</p>

<p>Patiently waiting for MOfWC report… It is shaping up to be a nice day, so I will be out in the jungle (aka garden) fighting with the invaders (aka weeds).</p>

<p>Bromfield: do not feel discouraged! I highly doubt that you managed to eat close to ca. 13,000 extra calories this week to gain 4 lb. Most likely, this is water weight. There are some claims out there that our bodies retain 3-4 lb of water for every pound of carbs consumed, especially if you ate pasta or some other refined carbs after sticking to low-carb diet for a while. [Water</a> Retention: Carbohydrates Vs. Salt | LIVESTRONG.COM](<a href=“http://www.livestrong.com/article/555078-water-retention-carbohydrates-vs-salt/]Water”>Water Retention: Carbohydrates vs. Salt | livestrong)</p>

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<p>Good race, but hard. More later. 4:37 which is a big drop for me over last year’s races. Won 60-99 women with new age record for the course. Windy!</p>

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<p>Standing ovation for MOWC!</p>

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<p>Bravo, MoWC !!! Or, said more appropriately, Brava!!!</p>

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<p>Yeah!!! MOfWC rocks!!! Congrats on a great race!</p>

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<p>Congratulations, MOWC! Woohoo!!!</p>

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<p>Now this is the kind of research that would answer a lot of questions. Danish study, published about a year ago. Pretty simple. They took 50 overweight people and divided them into four groups. Each group was given a 1 liter bottle per day of a beverage to drink every day for six months. No other changes to their diet required.</p>

<p>[Sucrose-sweetened</a> beverages increase fat storage in the liver, muscle, and visceral fat depot: a 6-mo randomized intervention study](<a href=“http://banpac.org/pdfs/sfs/2012/ssg_maersk.pdf]Sucrose-sweetened”>http://banpac.org/pdfs/sfs/2012/ssg_maersk.pdf)</p>

<p>The four groups:</p>

<p>Coke
Semi-skim milk (appears to be about 1.5% fat milk)
Diet Coke
Water</p>

<p>A liter a day is a lot – 33 ounces. Particularly interesting are the Coke and milk groups as the calories of the beverage are about the same – slightly higher for the milk.</p>

<p>There are a ton of interesting findings.</p>

<p>[Six</a> month results](<a href=“http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/95/2/283/T3.expansion.html]Six”>http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/95/2/283/T3.expansion.html)</p>

<p>1) Not a great deal of difference in overall weight. The Coke and milk groups both gained a little weight 1.3% and 1.4%, although nowhere near as much as an additional 500 calories a day in beverage would predict. </p>

<p>2) The Coke group gained 3.1% fat mass versus 1.4% for the milk group.</p>

<p>3) The Coke group saw an 11% increase in total cholesterol versus 0.5% increase for the milk group, not exactly resounding support for the notion that saturated fat in milk increases cholesterol…</p>

<p>4) The Coke group saw a 33% increase in triglycerides compared to a 0.3% reduction for the milk group. This is probably the most significant finding of the study, IMO. Triglyceride level is a marker for metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and coronary artery disease.</p>

<p>[Blood</a> pressure results](<a href=“http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/95/2/283/F2.expansion.html]Blood”>http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/95/2/283/F2.expansion.html)</p>

<p>5) And blood pressure: The Coke group saw a significant increase (maybe 5%). The milk and diet coke groups saw a significant decrease (maybe 7%). Water group was unchanged.</p>

<p>This is just a small study and it can’t be a blind study since the groups obviously knew what beverage they were given to drink. But it sure suggests that hammering away at people drinking “artery clogging milk” was the wrong target when it comes to health markers. Coke is clearly worse across the board in this study.</p>

<p>You can tell this one “left a mark”. The American Beverage Institute was quick to respond to this study:</p>

<p>[American</a> Beverage Association News Releases and Statements](<a href=“http://www.ameribev.org/news--media/news-releases--statements/more/260/]American”>http://www.ameribev.org/news--media/news-releases--statements/more/260/)</p>

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<p>“Won 60-99 women with new age record for the course”</p>

<p>Wow, that is awesome. Most of us can only dream about doing so well.</p>

<p>Edit to add, that motivates me to go get some new running shoes and sign up for a half marathon.</p>

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<p>Great job, MOWC! Kudos!</p>

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<p>I have found my dream health program. Simple, fun, and easy to stay motivated:</p>

<p>[Doctors</a> say looking at busty women for 10 minutes a day is good for your health - Daily Record](<a href=“http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/health/doctors-say-looking-busty-women-1107578]Doctors”>Doctors say looking at busty women for 10 minutes a day is good for your health - Daily Record)</p>

<p>:cool:</p>

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<p>LOL, notrichenough! Definitely a good one.</p>

<p>idad, of course, soda makers would pounce on any type of studies that claim that their product leads to health decline. And they will gladly study anything that says something else is to blame. 1 L of soda a day? Holy Moses. I think I had a small cup of Coke last year (when I came down with &*%# norovirus and could not eat anything, a cup of Coke and a slice of French bread was my only meal of that day).</p>

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<p>MOWC - anxiously waiting the bling report !</p>

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Congratulations, MOWC!!!

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<p>Ran 3 miles this morning at 7:30 pace before daughter’s track meet. My run and daughter’s meet was at my old hs. Brought back many ghosts.</p>

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<p>They bought their own research study. One that fed milk, sweetened with three different percentages of sugar, to people for 10 weeks. At the end of the study, MRI’s couldn’t detect any difference in abdominal fat regardless of the amount of sugar in the milk they drank. Thus, the conclusion that sugar doesn’t make any difference.</p>

<p>Reading between the lines, you could tell the researchers knew they were bought and paid for as they tried to offer up some bromides about how the results might have been different if they had studied more than ten weeks, yadda, yadda. But, the sugar institute got it’s study “proving” that the amount of sugar doesn’t make any difference…</p>

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<p>This one, funded by Coca Cola (LOL) has been discussed by CCers. Weight gain? Blame it on the dishwasher, the vacuum cleaner and the washing machine… </p>

<p>[PLOS</a> ONE: 45-Year Trends in Women?s Use of Time and Household Management Energy Expenditure](<a href=“45-Year Trends in Women’s Use of Time and Household Management Energy Expenditure”>45-Year Trends in Women’s Use of Time and Household Management Energy Expenditure)</p>

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<p>Speaking of giving people coronaries…</p>

<p>I was in the grocery store shopping for my annual beer batter fish splurge dinner. The lady next to me at the fish counter asked how I made it. I told her:</p>

<p>1 cup flour
1 cup beer
1 egg for the batter</p>

<p>Dredge the fish in flour, dunk in the batter, and deep fry in lard…</p>

<p>She said, “oh…healthy!”</p>

<p>I said, “well, it would be if it weren’t for the flour…”</p>

<p>She looked at me like she was about to keel over and need the defibrillators… Or, that I was… :)</p>

<p>Anyway, they had great looking fresh cod…</p>

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<p>I “offset” the carb dinner with heart-healthy bacon and eggs for lunch, so my totals for the day should be OK despite the splurge…</p>

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<p>Sounds like a great day for MOWC despite the wind. I guess the details will come out tonight.</p>

<p>I was at the New Balance Factory Outlet yesterday and my goal was five pairs of running shoes or trail runners or cross-trainers. I did manage to find five pairs, four in my size and one a half-size bigger. I will use a heel shim in one shoe to compensate. One of my feet is longer than the other which is why I have some hammer-toe from time to time. The 11s might be overall better but it means that the shoe is loose on one side. There are little self-stick pads that you can affix to the heel to prevent that. I need to find some of them.</p>

<p>One pair that I bought is rainbow colored. The laces, uppers and lowers are rainbow-colored. That’s probably why they were in the discount bin. The colors might be popular with kids and women but maybe not the thing for guys.</p>

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<p>Nice sunny 3.7 mile walk today with DH. We find the most interesting routes. This time we went into a subdivision and down a road that turned out to be a dead end (despite no “no outlet” sign. The only way out was through someone’s side yard and onto the golf course. We carefully skirted the edges of the course and cut through a ravine so no one would yell at us for trespassing (the course was pretty busy today!) The bonus was finding 6 golf balls in the ravine! :)</p>

<p>My father, when he used to golf, never bought golf balls. He found all he needed by taking walks along the road & through the woods near a golf course.</p>